linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] affs: mount option to avoid name truncates

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Message-Id: <20140310123912.013ca2583a13c0270d866213@linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Mon, 10 Mar 2014 12:39:12 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Fabian Frederick <fabf@...net.be>
Cc:	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	davej <davej@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] affs: mount option to avoid name truncates

On Sun, 9 Mar 2014 19:52:10 +0100 Fabian Frederick <fabf@...net.be> wrote:

> Filename truncate process is defined in affs.h
> 
> This patch adds 'nofilenametruncate' mount option and
> removes AFFS_MAX_PREALLOC which is never used.
> 

The changelog provides not a hint about why we should add this.  What
is it for?  What value does it have to users?

Also, the new mount option should be documented in
Documentation/filesystems/affs.txt.

Please fix these things then resend?

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